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Pride: The Story of the LGBTQ Equality Movement by Matthew Todd
RRP: £20.00£13.75In June 1969, police raided New York gay bar the Stonewall Inn. Pride charts the events of that night, the days and nights of rioting that followed, the ensuing organization of local members of the community - and the 50 years since in which activists... -
The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century: A Celebration of Outstanding Travel Storytelling from Around the World by Jessica Vincent
RRP: £10.99£7.40Travel writing matters Explore the world through this beautiful collection of the finest travel writing published in British media in the 21st century – as judged by some of the most respected travel writers in the world: Levison Wood, Monisha Rajesh,... -
Tank Action: An Armoured Troop Commander's War 1944-45 by David Render
RRP: £10.99£7.40A gripping account of the Second World War, from the perspective of a young tank commander.In 1944, David Render was a nineteen-year-old second lieutenant fresh from Sandhurst when he was sent to France. Joining the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry five days... -
Raffles: And the Golden Opportunity by Victoria Glendinning
RRP: £10.99£7.77By the time of his death, Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the founder of Singapore and Governor of Java, having left school in his early teens to become a clerk for the British East India Company. Charismatic and daring, Raffles forged an... -
Gloriana: Elizabeth I and the Art of Queenship by Linda Collins
RRP: £18.99£14.72In a Reformation kingdom ill-used to queens, Elizabeth I needed a very particular image to hold her divided country together. The 'Cult of Gloriana' would elevate the queen to the status of a virgin goddess, aided by authors, musicians, and artists such... -
Wolf Hall Companion by Lauren Mackay
RRP: £14.99£9.26An accessible and authoritative companion to the bestselling Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel, published after the third and final book, The Mirror and the Light. Wolf Hall Companion gives an historian's view of what we know about Thomas Cromwell, one... -
Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
RRP: £9.99£7.11______________________________The original bestselling autobiography by comedian, novelist and national treasure Stephen Fry.Few people serve time in prison before studying at Cambridge. You might be surprised to know that Stephen Fry is one of them.Moab... -
Bess Of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth by Mary S. Lovell
RRP: £14.99£9.80Bess of Hardwick was one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era. Gently-born in reduced circumstances, she was married at 15, wedded at 16 and still a virgin. At 19 she married a man more than twice her age, Sir William Cavendish, a senior auditor... -
Bibi: My Story by Benjamin Netanyahu 9781668008454
RRP: £18.99£12.27In Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's "compelling" (The Economist) and "fascinating" (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling autobiography, the prime minister of Israel tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing... -
Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: £11.99£8.64'No one can write a man's life except himself.' In his Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells the story of his life, from the formative experience of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and... -
Happy Mum, Happy Baby: My adventures into motherhood by Giovanna Fletcher
RRP: £12.99£8.60CONTAINS A BRAND NEW CHAPTERSunday Times Number One Bestseller Happy Mum Happy Baby is now a Number One podcast. A positive and uplifting book about what it is to be a mother and all things mum and baby by Celebrity Mum of the Year and phenomenally... -
John Stonehouse, My Father: The True Story of the Runaway MP by Julia Stonehouse
RRP: £10.99£7.32'Clear, dispassionate and selfless' Spectator'Exhaustive in her research, tenacious in spotting errors, indignant in denouncing lies.' Guardian'A compelling account of an extraordinary political scandal, written from inside the Stonehouse family'. Martin... -
The Second Jim Corbett Omnibus: `My India', `Jungle Lore', `Tree Tops' by Jim Corbett
RRP: £10.99£7.77Jim Corbett is world famous for his classic man-eater stories. However, the three volumes collected here show a very different side to this remarkable man. In My India, he describes the villages of the Kumaon Hills, and the customs and lifestyles of... -
Tutankhamun by Gill Harvey
RRP: £5.99£3.70The story of the boy pharaoh and the discovery of his tomb and treasures vividly retold for young readers. Illustrations and hand-coloured photographs of real-life places, people and objects bring the story to life. Part of Young Reading Level 3, created... -
Our Glasgow: Memories of Life in Disappearing Britain by Piers Dudgeon
RRP: £10.99£6.47This oral history of Glasgow spans most of the last century - a time of economic downturn and eventual renewal, in which the many communities making up the city experienced upheavals that tore some apart and brought others closer together. It tells of... -
De Gaulle by Julian Jackson 9781913368784
RRP: £11.99£8.35Charles de Gaulle, saviour of France's honour in 1940 and founder of the Fifth Republic, was a man and leader of deep contradictions. A conservative and a Catholic from a monarchist family, he restored democracy on his return to France in 1944, bringing... -
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer 9781035038572
RRP: £10.99£7.51Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later.In April 1992, Chris McCandless set off alone into the... -
The Big Fight: My Story by Sugar Ray Leonard
RRP: £16.99£12.28'To be legendary you got to have heart... Ray's heart was bigger than all the rest' Muhammad AliSUGAR RAY LEONARD was one of the greatest boxers ever. An artist and a showman he was always willing to take the difficult fight: his gruelling encounters... -
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev
RRP: £12.99£9.26In May 1996 a number of expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route. Each group contained world class climbers and relative novices, some of whom had paid tens of thousands of pounds for the climb. As they neared the summit... -
All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet by James Herriot
RRP: £10.99£7.51The second collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer's daughter, James Herriot thinks he's... -
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For by Henry Thoreau
RRP: £7.99£5.79Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched... -
Miracles of Life by J. G. Ballard
RRP: £10.99£7.25J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, 'Empire of the Sun', this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life. ... -
Alchemy: Brian Clough & Peter Taylor at Hartlepools United by Christopher Hull
RRP: £20.00£15.04Boxing Day 1962: Sunderland's star striker Brian Clough suffers a career-ending knee injury when he collides with an outrushing goalkeeper. After a forlorn battle to regain fitness, he retires early and sinks into deep despair.October 1965: Clough... -
An Autobiography by M. K. Gandhi
RRP: £10.99£7.77Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity... -
The Camera My Mother Gave Me by Susanna Kaysen 9780679763437
RRP: £12.99£8.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679763437Author Susanna KaysenFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 180g -
Voices of Powerful Women: 40 Inspirational Interviews by Zoe Sallis
RRP: £10.99£7.40This empowering volume collects the words of 40 amazing women who have shown their personal power in many different ways. From environmentalists, humanitarians and Nobel Peace Prize winners to entrepreneurs, musicians and artists, these women discuss... -
Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as 'Schindler's List' by Thomas Keneally
RRP: £12.99£4.11***Winner of the Booker Prize***'ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS' Spectator'Extraordinary' Graham Greene 'Powerful' The Times 'Marvellous' Sunday TimesThe acclaimed bestselling classic of Holocaust literature, adapted into the award-winning film... -
All Of Me: My incredible true story of how I learned to live with the many personalities sharing my body by Kim Noble
RRP: £14.99£9.80Kim Noble is an accomplished artist whose work has been exhibited around the world. She is a mother with a 13-year-old daughter. She is a bubbly and vivacious woman. To meet her you wouldn't think anything was wrong. But when Kim was younger than five... -
Marie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig
RRP: £12.99£8.56Bringing to life one of the most complex characters in European history Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love... -
From Source to Sea: Notes from a 215-Mile Walk Along the River Thames by Tom Chesshyre
RRP: £10.99£7.40Over the years, authors, artists and amblers aplenty have felt the pull of the Thames, and now travel writer Tom Chesshyre is following in their footsteps.He's walking the length of the river from the Cotswolds to the North Sea - a winding journey of... -
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
RRP: £10.99£7.77From the best-selling author of The Circle - the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil warMokhtar Alkhanshali... -
127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
RRP: £14.99£10.95A day-by-day account of Aron Ralston's unforgettable survival story. On Saturday, 26 April 2003, Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old outdoorsman and adventurer, set off for a day's hike in the Utah canyons. Eight miles from his truck, he found himself in the... -
Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers by Filip Muller 9781566632713
RRP: £12.99£9.61Filip Muller came to Auschwitz with one of the earliest transports from Slovakia in April 1942 and began working in the gassing installations and crematoria in May. He was still alive when the gassings ceased in November 1944. He saw millions come and... -
Quite by Claudia Winkleman
RRP: £9.99£5.82'A delight' Stylist 'Funny, real and caring' YOU Magazine 'Funny, irreverent and moving... everything you would expect from the thick-fringed presenter who's won a... -
Cher by Josiah Howard
RRP: £16.99£10.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859655668Author Josiah HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd -
Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front by Diane Atkinson
RRP: £9.99£7.11When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant eighteen-year old mechanic, living at home and borrowing tools from her... -
One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting in by Kate Kennedy 9781250285126
RRP: £24.99£16.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250285126Author Kate KennedyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 242mm *... -
Goodbye, Dearest Holly by Kevin Wells
RRP: £10.99£7.40Some tragedies become part of our national history. On August 4, 2002 Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared. For the next thirteen days their families, the police, and the local community searched for them, while the nation watched in horrific... -
Bowie Odyssey 71 by Simon Goddard 9781913172053
RRP: £14.99£10.95Britain, 1971. Strange land of hot pants, moral outrage, anarchist bombs and sexual revolution. As Marc Bolan is hailed as the nation's teenage saviour, the forgotten hope called David Bowie searches for the spark to relight his fire. He finds it in... -
Eagles - Dark Desert Highway: How America’s Dream Band Turned into a Nightmare by Mick Wall
RRP: £25.00£14.66'This could be heaven or this could be hell...'So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and it is true that the Eagles story was one that blurred the ultimate Hollywood highs and subterranean LA lows beyond recognition. The band that...